Transthyretin transports vitamin A (retinol) and a hormone called thyroxine throughout the body. To transport retinol and thyroxine, four transthyretin proteins must be attached (bound) to each other to form a four-protein unit (tetramer). Transthyretin is produced primarily in the liver.
All lab personnel handling sodium azide must wear a lab coat. With this, safety glasses or splash goggles. and a face shield must be worn, dependent on the procedure being performed. Two pairs of nitrile gloves.
Although sodium azide has long been used in many industrial products, such as broad-spectrum biocides, explosives detonators, anticorrosion solutions, and airline safety chutes, a much larger threat emerged with the advent of the automobile airbag, Betterton said.he passenger-side airbag can is about six inches long and holds about 200 grams to inflate a bag big enough to fill the front-seat passenger area. On impact, an electromechanical trigger heats sodium azide to explosively decompose, forming nitrogen gas-the main constituent of the air we breathe and metallic sodium.